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The Maschinengewehr 1942 had a cyclic rate of 1,200 rds. per minute. It came equipped and to be easy to change out spare barrel and asbestos pad for rapid change-outs of the barrel to prevent overheating. Older(and heavier) machine guns had water jackest over the barrel to prevent this, but air-cooled machineguns(Like the MG-34-42, Browning LMG and .50 BMG, and others) need time to cool down after extended firing. In your games, there is no changeout of barrel,so try to only fire in short 10 rd bursts to stop this from happening. and ww1 was to be the last war now obama.